China Youth Daily Client, Beijing, February 28 (China Youth Daily·China Youth Daily trainee reporter Ma Ziqian) The new crown pneumonia epidemic is still developing on a global scale. It has been 44 days since the World Health Organization (WHO) reported the first confirmed case of new coronary pneumonia outside China on January 13, and the number of new cases reported outside China on the 27th exceeded the number of new cases in China for the second consecutive day. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a WHO regular press conference on the 27th: "What we are most concerned about now is what is happening in other parts of the world (except China)."
WHO February 27 The details of the data in the epidemic report about confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia reported by countries around the world. Case data related to the "Diamond Princess" cruise ship are listed separately. (Data statistics as of 17:00 on February 27, Beijing time)
5 countries reported the first confirmed cases of
. According to reports from all parties, a total of 5 countries reported the first confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia on February 27, most of which were imported cases. Specifically, in Asia, two Pakistani residents who had recently visited Iran were diagnosed with infection after returning to Pakistan. In the Nordic region, a man was diagnosed with infection after returning to Denmark from a ski resort in northern Italy. In Eastern Europe, Estonia confirmed the country’s first case of new coronary pneumonia. The patient was a man who returned from Iran, an Iranian citizen and a permanent resident of Estonia; a 50-year-old woman in the Republic of Northern Macedonia was diagnosed with the infection. The patient went to Italy to visit relatives a month ago . In Southern Europe, a Romanian man was diagnosed with the infection. He had contact with a citizen from Italy. In Western Europe, the Netherlands reported the first case, and the patient had recently visited Italy.
Malaysia, which has not reported new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia for 12 days before, announced on the 27th that it had cured the last two confirmed cases before, at the same time it added one new confirmed case, which failed to achieve "zeroing". The patient was a Malaysian citizen who had travelled to Japan recently.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tan Said. (Data picture)
latest report on the epidemic situation in various countries
WHO Daily Report on New Coronary Pneumonia (Issue 38) Statistics show that from 17:00 on February 26th to 17:00 on 27th Beijing time, a total of South Korea, Japan, Singapore, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Croatia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Northern Macedonia, Norway, Romania, Iran, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon and Pakistan26 China and the "Diamond Princess" cruise ship reported 746 new cases and 13 new deaths. At present, 3664 confirmed cases and 57 deaths have been reported from 46 countries in Asia (outside China), the Americas, Europe, Oceania, and Africa.
This is the largest number of new confirmed cases covering a country in a unit time (24 hours) since the WHO released its daily report on new coronary pneumonia on January 21. Tedros said in response that all countries must act quickly and actively to contain the virus. He reiterated that the new crown virus has "pandemic potential", but now is not the time to fear, but to take action to prevent infection and save lives, calm down and do the right thing to fight this very dangerous virus.
South Korea, Italy, and Iraq are still areas where the epidemic is concentrated.
South Korea, according to the South Korean Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters, as of 16:00 on the 27th local time, a total of 1,766 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 13 deaths. As of 9 a.m. local time on the 28th, South Korea has added 256 new confirmed cases compared to 4 p.m. the previous day, with a total of 2022 confirmed cases. South Korea expects that the number of confirmed cases will increase in the near future. The Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters stated that the recent increase in the number of new coronary pneumonia cases in South Korea is mainly due to community transmission, rather than imported cases. Under this circumstance, South Korea will not expand the scope of restrictions on entry for the time being.
Iran, as of the evening of the 27th local time, a total of 270 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 26 deaths. On the same day, Iran’s Vice President of Women and Family Affairs Masumee Ebtkar tested positive for the new crown virus. With the addition of Deputy Health Minister Khaliqi, Parliamentary Officer Zunur and others, many Iranian officials have been diagnosed with the new crown virus.
Affected by imported cases from Iran, ChinaThe number of confirmed cases in many eastern countries has increased, and the situation in Kuwait is particularly severe. The country has newly confirmed 31 new cases in a single day, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases has increased to 43. All confirmed cases are related to people who have been to Iran.
In Italy, as of the evening of the 27th local time, a total of 655 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 17 deaths. There are 282 suspected cases to be diagnosed, and 35 severely ill patients. At the same time, the cure rate of confirmed patients in Italy is also increasing, and a total of 45 people have been cured. More than 50,000 people in northern Italy have been confined to 11 towns in the Lombardy region and one town in the Veneto region. The Italian government urged the people to remain calm, stressing that most areas in the country have not been affected by the epidemic.
France and Germany, the two earlier affected countries, also reported more new infections on the 27th. France added 20 new cases on the 27th, including multiple cluster infections. This is the day with the largest increase in confirmed cases in a single day in France so far. The number of confirmed cases on that day exceeded the number of cases in the previous month. Up to now, France has confirmed 38 cases of new coronary pneumonia, 2 cases died and 12 cases were cured. As the most populous country in the European Union, the number of confirmed cases has surged for two consecutive days. As of 21:30 on the 27th local time, 46 cases have been confirmed in Germany. German Federal Interior Minister Seehofer said on the 27th that "the situation has deteriorated significantly."
The first case of a new coronavirus infection reconfirmed after discharge from the hospital in Japan on the 27th. The patient is a female tourist guide in Osaka in her 40s. She was diagnosed with the infection on January 29 and was cured and discharged on February 1, and re-examination results on the 26th. Was positive. As of the evening of the 27th local time, Japan has confirmed a total of 919 cases, including 52 severe cases and 8 deaths.
Following the announcement of the Brazilian Ministry of Health on the 26th that the country had confirmed the country’s first case of COVID-19 infection in Latin America, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela and other Latin American countries have stepped up their response to the COVID-19 epidemic. On the 26th, Colombian President Duque called on the public to calmly treat the current situation, and the information released by the WHO and Colombian health authorities shall prevail. Bolivia and Venezuela announced the strengthening of border controls.
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